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Essays 301 - 330

Buddha, Jesus and the Great Spirit, a Comparison

and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

Eastern Religions and the Self Concept

In five pages this paper examines the Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism religions in terms of the concepts of self and reincarnation...

Japan's Buddhism and Shintoism

of Confucianism and Buddhism. Unlike the primitivism of Shinto, the Chinese religious practices were far more sophisticated, whic...

Belief in God in Hinduism and Buddhism

reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...

Opening the Eye of New Awareness by Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatzo

This text is summarized and analyzed in six pages with a comparison offered between Christianity and Buddhism. There are no other...

Social and Political Change Through Religion

In five pages this paper examines how Buddhism and Christianity have each evolved through development and the impact of sociopolit...

Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau

In five pages Zen Buddhism as portrayed by Philip Kapleau's text is summarized and its major points analyzed. There are no other ...

Twenty First Century Challenges to Buddhism

In six pages Buddhism is discussed in terms of its basic principles with an examination of how it can continue to prosper througho...

Moksha and Nirvana Distinction

been taught as a sure and sufficient means for the attainment of our spiritual goal, call it Mukti, Moksha, Nirvana, Liberation or...

Arguing Against Reality's Static Absolutism and Indian Philosopher Nagarjuna

with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...

Afterlife in Christianity and Buddhism

the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...

Personality Approaches East and West

notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...

Homosexuality and World Religions

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

Differences and Similarities Between Catholicism and Buddhism

Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...

Chinese Buddhism Traveled the 'Silk Road'

embark upon myriad experiences that would otherwise never have existed. Being introduced to Buddhism by way of India in the 2nd c...

Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...

Description of Buddhism

as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...

Relationship Between Music and Religious Practices Like Buddhism

This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...

Transgendered, Transsexual, and Homosexual Individuals and Religion

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

Judaism and Buddhism

doctrines of faith and hope as the two primary elements of Judaism (Schechter, 2002). Buddhism decrees outright respect for...

Similarities and Differences That Exist Among Global Religions

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

Similarities and Differences Between Buddhism and Confucianism as Experienced in China

there are certainly differences between the two disciplines and this creates a source of conflict. That said, while Confucianism ...

Islam and Buddhism Spread Throughout Asia

the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....

An Analysis of Hanh's Book, Living Buddha, Living Christ

each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...

Religion and the Afterlife

In five pages this paper discusses life after death in a consideration of the religions Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. Thre...

Philosophy and Ethics of Buddhism

In five pages Buddhism is examined both in terms of philosophy and its ethical content. Three sources are cited in the bibliograp...

China Aspects

In fifteen pages such aspects that characterize China including Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, along with the National and Commun...

Contemporary Artist and the Influence of Eastern Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines how the Eastern philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Keiji Nishitani, and Dogan can influence t...